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Vietnamese Banana Tapioca Pudding - Che Chuoi

Vietnamese Banana Tapioca Pudding - Che Chuoi

By: Cindy Lam Lorimer
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6
A creamy and comforting Chè Chuối (Banana Tapioca Pudding), featuring tender bananas, chewy tapioca pearls, and rich coconut milk. A sweet, fragrant Vietnamese dessert perfect served warm or chilled!

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ lb Vietnamese bananas or small bananas, around one whole bunch of small bananas, cut into at least ¼ inch, if not slightly thicker slices
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup tapioca pearls
  • 5 cups water
  • 10 pandan leaves , or few drops of pandan extract (however, the extract will give your dessert a green color), tie them into a knot
  • 1 can coconut cream

Toppings:

  • 2 Tbsp peanuts
  • 2 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • ½ tsp kosher salt

Instructions

  • Soak tapioca pearls in water for 20 minutes. 
  • Drain and rinse with water until water is clear. 
  • Gently mix bananas and sugar together so that sugar evenly coats all sides of the banana slices. 
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes.  
  • In a medium saucepan on medium high heat, fill with 5 cups of water and add pandan leaves. 
  • Bring the water to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low to medium, and let it simmer for 15 minutes until the water is infused with the extract of the pandan leaves.   
  • After 15 minutes, squeeze all the water out of the pandan leaves back into the pot.  
  • If you are using pandan extract drops, then skip this step and just add the extract drops directly in the water, and you do not need to simmer for 15 minutes.  
  • Add the sugar coated bananas, salt, drained tapioca pearls and coconut cream to the saucepan. 
  • Immediately mix so that the tapioca doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
  • Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and let it simmer for 15 minutes.  
  • Combine topping ingredients together and sprinkle mixed topping over each serving. 

Notes

NOTE: the pudding will thicken as it cools, so if you want it to be less thick, then simply add more water. 

Nutrition

Calories: 464kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 402mg | Potassium: 649mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 73IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 3mg